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Bhagavan Sumati Nath(Fifth Jain Tirthankara)
(श्रीसुमतिनाथ)
Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Symbol - Curlew / Goose
Sumatinath was born at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His father's name was King Megharath and Mother Queen Sumangla or Mangala Rani  His birth date was the eighth day of the Baisak shukla. It is said that the soul of Purushasimha who due to vigorous penance and higher spiritual practices, earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma descended into the womb of queen Mangalavati or Sumangala, wife of king Megh of Ayodhya.King Megharath named the new born as-Sumati (wisdom or right thinking).
Sumatinath in due course inherited the kingdom. King Megharath became an ascetic. After a long and peaceful reign Sumatinath, too, became an ascetic. He attained omniscience under a Priyangu tree on the eleventh day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra. He established the four pronged religious ford and became a Tirthankar. On the month of Chaitra Sukla 11 he got Nirvana at Samedshikharji.
| Father |
Shri Megharaja |
| Mother |
Mata Sumangala |
| Clan Name |
Ikshvaku |
| Source of Descent |
Jayant |
| Date of Descent (Garbha Kalyanaka) |
Shravan Shukla Paksh 2 |
| Place of Birth |
Vinita |
| Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka) |
Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 8 |
| Age |
40 Lac purva |
| Height |
300 dhanusha (poles) |
| Body Colour |
Golden |
| Place of Enlightenment |
Ayodhya |
| Date of Enlightenment (Kevala Gyana Kalyanaka) |
Chaitra Krishna Paksh 11 |
| Date of Diksha |
Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 9 |
| Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha |
Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 9 |
| Place of Nirvana |
Sammed Shikharji |
| Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka) |
Chaitra sukla. 11 |
| Chief Disciple (Ganadhar) |
Charama |
| Head of Female Ascetics |
Kashyapi |
| God of Organisation (Yaksh) |
Tumburu |
| Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini) |
Mahakali |
| Heaven |
Jayantavimana |
| Period of Practices |
20 Years |
| Number of Disciples |
100 |
| Number of Ascetics |
3.2 Lac |
| Number of Female Ascetics |
5.3 Lac |
| Male Laity |
2.81 Lac |
| Female Laity |
5.16 Lac |
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